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- 18 May 2015
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Changing the conversation on US infrastructure challenges
areas such as public transit, cell phone and Internet service, and efficient rail, air, and highway transportation. Inspired by ideas that emerged during the summit, Kanter traveled throughout the country to gather facts, figures, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Raising the Barrio
waterfront. An elevated six-lane highway cuts through the heart of it all. Below the traffic, the narrow and often unpaved streets are crowded with makeshift brick and corrugated tin buildings, home to some 43,000 people. “Most porteños... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
would be nice to do. This is something we now have to do.” Probably the single biggest impact we can make is to take all the long haul movement of goods off the highways of the world and get them on either boats or rail. Once you get the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
appropriating $25 million annually to the states for the construction of better roads. In 1921, the U.S. government set aside some of these funds for the creation of a nationwide highway system. Road construction continued apace during... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
long haul and the truckers picking up and delivering at either end. “Rail moves a ton of freight 423 miles on a gallon of fuel,” Ward adds. “One train can carry the load of more than 280 trucks, thus reducing highway congestion and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run
siblings. His father, educated as a lawyer, had a storied career in the Georgia state legislature in the 1970s and ’80s; a stretch of US Highway 41 that runs near Calhoun is named in his honor. Langford’s father also advised Jimmy Carter... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation
order for their true environmental impact to be measured. The futuristic EV1 sports coupe accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 8.5 seconds. Currently, however, lead-acid batteries that power electric cars provide a driving range of only seventy miles in the city... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
as we know it.” —Lawrence Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor “Herd behavior, greed, corruption, stupidity all played a role.” —Robert Glauber (DBA ’65), Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School “There will be more miles of View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
and more cases, of doing business. As millions of individuals and organizations stake out positions on the Information Highway with Web sites, the nature of business is changing. "The Internet provides new ways to do old things," says HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
study animal crossings along the country’s roadways. As more lanes are added to the highway linking the major port of Mombasa to Nairobi, it will cut travel time—but increase risk for the region’s giraffe populations. SGN funds efforts to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
pushed the quick-charge capabilities of lithium-ion batteries well beyond what was once thought possible. And last November, the US Department of Transportation announced plans to establish 48 national charging corridors covering nearly 25,000 miles of View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
seen employ this kind of model. "DART is a pioneer. It is a case study for larger companies to follow." "It's almost like somebody has the ability to build the Panama Canal or a highway through the jungle—whatever it is. If that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
Business, Energy, and Environment. High Season Wade Myers Traffic is heavy most of the day in Williston as vehicles approach the intersections of Highways 85 and 200-a major crossroads in the region. “I grew up outside Medora—it’s the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
brainstorm: Why not post a few signs on the highway promising free ice water to parched travelers on their way to the Black Hills? Maybe they’d buy something at the same time. Today, old-fashioned billboards and bumper stickers continue... View Details
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
the weather is pleasant in NYC, my happy place is running along the West Side Highway and enjoying the outdoors. I also enjoy cooking and baking for my partner or friends. What are you reading/binge-watching? Paul: I have been reading a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
of at least 51 people in Panama after they ingested medicine made with diethylene glycol, an industrial chemical similar to antifreeze that a Chinese company used as a substitute for pharmaceutical-grade syrup. In June, officials at the National View Details